Case report of the week: bloody tears

The shocking case of a child who cries tears of blood every day was featured in newspapers a few weeks ago. The mother of the patient complained that “Every doctor tells us they’ve never seen anything like this before in all their many years of being a doctor”.

Last week, Cases Journal published a case report detailing the condition of a young girl who suffered subconjunctival hemorrhage, also leading to bloody tears.

An important lesson could be learnt from the publication of this case report. This gives us a poignant reminder of the central role that case reports can play in informing the medical community.